Zapotiltic is a town and municipality in the south region of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. It is located approximately 115 km south of Guadalajara. According to the "Conteo de Poblacion y Vivienda of 2015" the municipality had a population of 29,190.
Toponymy The name Zapotiltic comes from the Náhuatl words Tzápotl ('zapote') and tlíitic ('black'), meaning 'place of the black zapotes'.Toponimos This name was adopted due to the abundance of this fruit in the area in the past.
Government The form of government is democratic and depends on the Jalisco state government and the federal government. Elections are held every three years, when the municipal president and her/his council are elected. The incumbent municipal president is Jorge Silva, a member of the Hagamos political party . They were elected in the election of 2 June 2024.
In 1936, the Municipal Palace was taken amidst shootings, blood, and fire, by command of the State Government; since the outgoing municipal president, Cayetano Vega, refused to hand over power. In addition to members of the Army, the following people participated: Julio Lares Rodríguez, president-elect; Serafín González, Maximiano Llamas, Fortunato Lares, and Aurelio Reyes, among others.
The municipality has 38 towns, the most important are: Zapotiltic (municipal seat), Arco de Cobianes (El Coahuayote), El Rincón, Tasinaxtla (La Cañada), Aserradero, Huescalapa, Villa Lázaro Cárdenas (Aserradero).
Municipal presidents Municipal presidentTermPolitical partyNotesAniceto Ceballos Manríquez1912José María Sánchez1915Francisco Ceballos Sánchez1920Magdaleno Torres1921Daniel Serrano García1923–1924Alberto Chávez1925Emeterio Núñez1926David Ceballos Campos1928Daniel Vargas Cuevas1929Tomás C. Salgado1929PNR Lucio Sánchez Sánchez1930PNR Benito Torres Milanés1931PNR Daniel Gutiérrez González1933PNR Cayetano Vega1936PNR Julio Lares Rodríguez1936PNR Maximiano Llamas González1937–1938PNR Trinidad Alvarado Tirado1939PRM Francisco Montañez García1940PRM José Cárdenas Ceballos1941PRM Maximiano Llamas González1942PRM Manuel Cárdenas Zepeda1943PRM Martín Juárez Gómez1944PRM Maximiano Llamas González1945–1946PRM Roberto Sánchez García1947PRI Rodolfo Gutiérrez García1948PRI José Vega Villanueva1949PRI Juan Ceballos Larios1950–1951PRI J. Isaac Mendoza Villalvazo1952PRI José Mendoza Cortés1953–1955PRI N/A1956–1973Alfredo Sánchez Vargas1974–1976PRI Salvador Farías Sánchez1977–1979PRI José Lares Casillas1980–1982PRI Santiago Moreno C.1982PRI Antonio Vega Cortés01-01-1983–31-12-1985PRI Adolfo Ceja García01-01-1986–31-12-1988PRI Fernando Cárdenas Tirado1989–1992PRI Roberto Flores Ramos1992–1995PRI Jorge Galván Montaño1995–1997PAN José Agustín Saavedra Iglesias01-01-1998–31-12-2000PRI Fernando Ceballos Sánchez01-01-2001–31-12-2003PRI Raúl Sánchez Sánchez01-01-2004–31-12-2006PRD Jesús Roberto Campos Fernández01-01-2007–31-12-2009PAN Federico Sánchez Pérez01-01-2010–30-09-2012PAN Ramiro Jr Farías Martínez01-10-2012–30-09-2015PRI PVEM Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco"René Santiago Macías01-10-2015–30-09-2018PAN PRD Francisco Gerardo Sedano Vizcaíno01-10-2018–05-03-2021PAN Applied for a temporary leave to run for reelectionArgelia Ochoa Rodríguez06-03-2021–2021PAN Acting municipal presidentFrancisco Gerardo Sedano Vizcaíno01-10-2021–??-03-2024PAN Was reelected on 06/06/2021Fernando Cárdenas Montaño??-03-2024–30-09-2024PAN Acting municipal presidentJorge Irineo Silva Sánchez01-10-2024–Hagamos PVEM PT Morena Futuro Coalition "Sigamos Haciendo Historia" (Let's Keep Making History in Jalisco)
References
External links Pagina web de Zapotiltic Gobierno de Zapotiltic
Sistema de información del Estado de Jalisco